Nicolás Maduro blocks X for 10 days in Venezuela amid spat with Elon Musk
President accuses social network’s owner of using it to ‘incite hatred’ after country’s disputed election President Nicolás Maduro said he had ordered a 10-day block...
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Somalia arrests another journalist as press clampdown intensifies
Detention of reporters for covering sensitive news is having a ‘chilling’ effect on free media in Somalia, say rights groups The arrest of a journalist...
Netflix’s One Hundred Years of Solitude brings fame to Gabriel García Márquez’s Colombian hometown
Locals hope TV adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude will bring new life to Aracataca, birthplace of author’s magical realism In sweltering mid-afternoon heat,...
Burkina Faso bans more media over coverage of alleged massacre
The Guardian and Le Monde among latest outlets blocked, following on from BBC and VOA last week Authorities in Burkina Faso have suspended further foreign...
War, grief and hope: the stories behind the World Press Photo award-winners
Images from Gaza, Ukraine, Madagascar and the US border chosen by global jury from more than 60,000 entries • World Press Photo winners 2024 –...
‘The city is a jail’: Haitian journalists get word out about gang violence
Correspondents in Port-au-Prince face danger as they play a vital role in chronicling city’s state of siege Each day, Makenson Rémy wakes in the hush...
Malawian journalist arrested over article accusing businessman of corruption
Rights groups condemn arrest of Macmillan Mhone, who was charged with ‘publication of news likely to cause fear and alarm’ Human rights watchdogs have condemned...
US-funded Radio Free Asia shuts down in Hong Kong over safety concerns
News service says it closed bureau after passing of new national security law known as Article 23 US-funded Radio Free Asia (RFA) has closed its...
‘Flat and shallow’: Netflix’s 3 Body Problem divides viewers in China
Eight-episode series based on Liu Cixin novels triggers accusations of ‘Americanisation’ of a Chinese story Netflix’s big-budget adaptation of Three-Body Problem, a series of novels...
Neil Young to return music to Spotify as he attacks ‘disinformation’ across streaming services
Rock star left Spotify in 2022 in protest over podcaster Joe Rogan, but says he can’t keep up fight as Rogan broadens distribution to Apple,...
